Jiff as in Jello or Ghiff as in Goat

Abelysk · 2017-02-01 15:35:19

As well all know, the .Gif is an image type that supports animation.

The real question is, how do we pronounce it?? The person behind .Gif says it should be called "Jiff", while grammar-wise it should be called "Ghiff".

WMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWM · 2017-02-01 16:30:25

who cares! They make the world a better place.

Luka504, mutantdevle

sthegreat · 2017-02-01 18:15:26

Giff, as in "gift" (you don't pronounce it "jift", do you).

skullz17, N1KF

Different55 · 2017-02-01 18:42:21

You don't pronounce giant "guy-ant" do you? or gin with a hard g? People choose gift because it's one letter difference but unless it's a silent e or a ph, letters that come after don't affect the ones that come before. It can go either way following the rules of English and acronyms don't have a set pronunciation anyway. Ultimately it's up to the creators.

TaskManager · 2017-02-01 20:39:23

GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format so i believe each letter should be pronounced separately (jiff or "gee ai eph")
i prefer saying ghiff though

N1KF

mrjawapa · 2017-02-01 21:26:44

jraphics

jolden retriever

jood jame

N1KF · 2017-02-01 21:34:16

Soft G's are pointless. It steals the purpose of the letter J, similarly to what C does to S and K.

Evilbunny

Ratburntro44 · 2017-02-01 21:42:30

Kefka wrote:

grammar-wise it should be called "Ghiff"

>implying

Different55 wrote:

Ultimately it's up to the creators.

>implying

maxi123 wrote:

GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format so i believe each letter should be pronounced separately (jiff or "gee ai eph")

>implying

N1KF wrote:

Soft G's are pointless. It steals the purpose of the letter J, similarly to what C does to S and K.

>implying

SirJosh3917 · 2017-02-01 21:56:21

Different55 wrote:

or gin with a hard g?

am i the only one who read "gin" with a hard g the first time reading this?

Different55 · 2017-02-01 23:28:53

MrJaWapa wrote:

jraphics
jolden retriever
jood jame

Autism.

None of those are *gi*

Tomahawk

Freckleface · 2017-02-02 00:31:10

Jif is peanut butter so I like to say it with a hard G

mrjawapa · 2017-02-02 02:15:04

Different55 wrote:

Autism.
None of those are *gi*

fite me u ****

gif isn't a word. It's an abbreviation. You would pronounce the G the same way you would in graphics.

Didn't the dude who made this **** release an article on how it's really pronounced?

Raphe9000 · 2017-02-02 02:45:30

I use both because I don't really care.

Different55 · 2017-02-02 03:58:29

MrJaWapa wrote:

Different55 wrote:
Autism.
None of those are *gi*
fite me u !@#$%^&*
gif isn't a word. It's an abbreviation. You would pronounce the G the same way you would in graphics.

Didn't the dude who made this !@#$%^&* release an article on how it's really pronounced?

gif isn't a word, it's an acronym. They have no defined pronunciation but if you're going to insist on made up rules then at least be consistent by pronouncing "JPEG" as "jay-feg" or "SCUBA" as (scuh-ba) or literally any of a thousand other acronyms.

Didn't the dude who made this !@#$%^&* release an article on how it's really pronounced

Yeah, and he said jif. He had a whole slogan, "Choosy developers choose gif" and in an old gif manual he said "incidentally, it's pronounced jif"

N1KF · 2017-02-02 04:16:14

Different55 wrote:

MrJaWapa wrote:
jraphics
jolden retriever
jood jame
Autism.

How does an inaccurate comment indicate mental disorder?

None of those are *gi*

True, but gift is. But not giant like you said because English is arbitrary like that. I think there's a good reason to pronounce it with hard G—graphics is. Meanwhile, the only justification behind the soft G is that the creator says so (if what you say is correct). I think that's kind of a weak reason, because I don't think a single person should be responsible for how a single word is pronounced if there's a way to pronounce it that make more sense (from what I understand).

Different55 · 2017-02-02 04:24:15

N1KF wrote:

Different55 wrote:
MrJaWapa wrote:
jraphics
jolden retriever
jood jame
Autism.
How does an inaccurate comment indicate mental disorder?
None of those are *gi*
True, but gift is. But not giant like you said because English is arbitrary like that. I think there's a good reason to pronounce it with hard G—graphics is. Meanwhile, the only justification behind the soft G is that the creator says so (if what you say is correct). I think that's kind of a weak reason, because I don't think a single person should be responsible for how a single word is pronounced if there's a way to pronounce it that make more sense (from what I understand).

"gi" has a soft g roughly the same amount of time that it has a hard g. Either is a completely valid pronunciation according to the english language.

Different55 wrote:

People choose gift because it's one letter difference but unless it's a silent e or a ph, letters that come after don't affect the ones that come before.

giant is just as valid as gift and gin and gills.

Tomahawk · 2017-02-02 11:29:21

It's pronounced "gif".

And you know why? Because the way of pronouncing an acronym as a word isn't defined. There may be a consensus or a majority, but nothing more. I could pronounce it "Gee-yiff" (ha) and I still wouldn't be "wrong", because there isn't a "right".

Doomsdaytoy9000 · 2017-02-04 09:14:08

Graphics is a hard G so...

Different55 · 2017-02-04 14:01:25

The argument that graphics has a hard g is beyond ridiculous and if any of you bring it up again I will do literally nothing.

Different55 wrote:

gif isn't a word, it's an acronym. They have no defined pronunciation but if you're going to insist on made up rules then at least be consistent by pronouncing "JPEG" as "jay-feg" or "SCUBA" as (scuh-ba) or literally any of a thousand other acronyms

Ratburntro44

Onjit · 2017-02-04 15:19:11

obviously the best way to pronounce it is zhaiv

g = zh (like g in mirage)
i = ai (like i in light)
f = v (like f in of)

hummerz5, Raphe9000, Dencc, Freckleface, Mieaz

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#1 2017-02-01 15:35:19

Jiff as in Jello or Ghiff as in Goat

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